Abstract
Lack of proper knowledge on the type and exact quantity of manure required by crops are among the major constraints to maize production in Maiduguri. Thus a pot experiment was carried out in the screen house of University of Maiduguri to assess the effects of sources and rates of manure suitable for optimum maize production in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. The experiment was established as completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 manure treatments, 3 rates plus 3 controls (no manure), replicated 3 times. The results showed that, yield and nutrient uptake of maize was significantly (p ≤ 0.05) influenced by treatments at 21 and 42 days after planting (DAP). Cow manure treatment on average, produced the best of growth, yield and nutrient uptake (N,P, and K uptake) of maize compared to other treatments. Also, on average, values of most parameters in the 10 and 20 t/ha rates were statistically similar or higher than those of 30 t/h/ha. However, 10t/ha rate is considered more appropriate as it produces same effects as those of 20t/ha rates. From the results, it can be concluded that application of 10t/ha cow manure is adequate for optimum maize production in Maiduguri, North-Eastern Nigeria.Keywords: Manure sources, Rates, Growth, Yield, Nutrient Uptake, Maize
Abstract from the paper’s OpenAlex record, shown for indexing and research. Copyright remains with the authors or the publisher. Read at the source ↗
The text the model read, with the source record’s inline markup (italics, sub- and superscripts) rendered and its character entities decoded; quote offsets refer to the raw text.
Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Manure treatments significantly influenced maize yield and nutrient uptake at 21 and 42 days after planting.
- Treatment
- treatmentse0
- Outcome
- yield and nutrient uptakee0
- Qualifier
- 21 and 42 days after planting (DAP)e0
Zea maysNot reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The results showed that, yield and nutrient uptake of maize was significantly (p ≤ 0.05) influenced by treatments at 21 and 42 days after planting (DAP).”
Claim · model-written summary
Cow manure gave the best maize growth compared with other treatments.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cow manure treatment on average, produced the best of growth, yield and nutrient uptake (N,P, and K uptake) of maize compared to other treatments.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cow manure gave the best maize yield compared with other treatments.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cow manure treatment on average, produced the best of growth, yield and nutrient uptake (N,P, and K uptake) of maize compared to other treatments.”
Claim · model-written summary
Cow manure gave the best maize nutrient uptake (N,P, and K uptake) compared with other treatments.
- Treatment
- Cow manure treatmente0
- Outcome
- nutrient uptake (N,P, and K uptake)e0
- Direction
- beste0
- Comparator
- other treatmentse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cow manure treatment on average, produced the best of growth, yield and nutrient uptake (N,P, and K uptake) of maize compared to other treatments.”
Claim · model-written summary
Most parameters under 10 and 20 t/ha manure were statistically similar to or higher than at 30 t/h/ha.
- Treatment
- 10 and 20 t/ha ratese0
- Outcome
- values of most parameterse0
- Direction
- statistically similar or highere0
- Comparator
- 30 t/h/hae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Also, on average, values of most parameters in the 10 and 20 t/ha rates were statistically similar or higher than those of 30 t/h/ha.”
t0“Maize (Zea mays L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors considered 10t/ha more appropriate because it produced the same effects as 20t/ha.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“However, 10t/ha rate is considered more appropriate as it produces same effects as those of 20t/ha rates.”
t0“Maize (Zea mays L.)”
Claim · model-written summary
Application of 10t/ha cow manure is recommended for optimum maize production in Maiduguri.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“From the results, it can be concluded that application of 10t/ha cow manure is adequate for optimum maize production in Maiduguri, North-Eastern Nigeria.”
The same questions in other papers
fertilization · nutrient: content · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results
1,025 papers in the same direction as this paper · 127 in the opposite direction · 11 reporting no difference from an alternative
- positive
- positive
- positive
1,160 papers more in this group
See all 1,164 papers →fertilization · growth · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results
1,195 papers in the same direction as this paper · 149 in the opposite direction · 20 reporting no difference from an alternative
- positive
- no effect
- no effect
1,361 papers more in this group
See all 1,365 papers →fertilization · yield · Zea mays (maize)Positive and negative results
3,484 papers in the same direction as this paper · 338 in the opposite direction · 85 reporting no difference from an alternative
- no effect
- positive
- positive
3,904 papers more in this group
See all 3,908 papers →Claims are grouped by organism, treatment and what was measured or targeted. A paper counts as positive when any of its claims in the group is positive.